New This Month: Dior Addict Ultra-Gloss

There was once a time when you couldn't pry the matte lipstick out of this beauty junkie's hands. These days though, you'll find me wearing soft shades and clear lip balms a lot more often, which is why the newly launched Dior Addict Ultra-Gloss ($36 at Dior counters, Sephora, Holt Renfrew, and The Bay nationwide) is more appealing than ever. The formula delivers ultimate shine and hydration with a volumizing, plumping effect—all with zero stickiness. More photos and details after the jump!

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My number one pet peeve with lip glosses has always been the stickiness. Not so with Dior's though: the new Ultra-Gloss feels comfortable and feather-light with plenty of slip thanks to its mirror-shine stretch oils, and it minimizes fine lines by plumping and volumizing lips. It's as easy to wear as your favourite lip balm.

All of Dior Addict Ultra-Gloss's virtues aside, I have to admit that super-shiny, super-sparkly lip glosses aren't exactly my cup of tea. They remind me of my clubbing days in the early 2000s when I'd slick on the shiniest, stickiest, vanilla-scented glosses to go with my smokey eyeshadow and vertiginous platform heels. Rather than wearing the Ultra-Gloss solo all over my lips as I might've used to, I can see myself layering it over darker, more matte lip colours or dotting a bit on the centre of my bottom lip for a fuller pout.

The brush-tip applicator is typical of Dior Addict glosses.

The shades are sheer with lots of sparkle and shimmer. I laid it on pretty thick with the swatches below to show the difference: 'Princess' (a "My Lips But Better" pink); 'Shock' (similar to 'Princess' but with a more fuchsia undertone); 'Mirrored' (a bronze-y hue that goes well with sun-kissed skin); and 'Gems' (a transluscent pink shimmer that's light on the pink and heavy on the shimmer).

Here they are swatched for your comparison pleasure. The Dior Addict Lipstick's texture is akin to a super-shiny tinted lip balm. The Dior Rouge Brillant Lip Gloss is more pigmented than the Ultra-Gloss—which is the sheerest, shiniest, and sparkliest of the three.

Will you be checking out Dior Addict Ultra-Gloss? Which is your favourite Dior lippie?

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